Safety switch of a toolbox

ABSTRACT

A safety switch of a toolbox comprises a box body having a first positioning portion; an outer cover; a buckle having a first positioning unit and an resisting end at an upper side of the buckle; a gap being formed between the outer cover and the box body when the outer cover is closed upon the box body; the first positioning unit being capable of buckling the first positioning portion of the box body. When the outer cover is closed upon the box body, the resisting end protrudes out of the gap so as to buckle the outer cover. The buckle has a slender neck portion. The outer cover has a notch or the size of the outer cover is smaller than that of the box body so that the resisting end can protrude out from the notch.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to toolboxes, and in particular to asafety switch of a toolbox, wherein a buckle is used to buckle the outercover and box body for burglar proof. As the toolbox is used firstly,the buckle can be cut from a neck portion. Thereby the toolbox can beused normally.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the prior art toolbox for display, no special design for tying thetoolbox is provided. Thus, people often ties the toolbox by ropes beforeselling. When the buyers buy the toolbox, the rope is interrupted foropening the outer cover of the toolbox. However, tying the toolbox byropes provides a bad outlook to the toolbox and the operation is tediousand inconvenient.

In one improvement design, two sides at the opening sides of a toolboxare formed with recesses, respectively for buckling buckles. Each buckleis formed with a hole. A lock is provided. Each lock is installed with ahooking hole. A front end of the lock has two hooks. Each hook has ahooking portion which can hook the box so that the lock is firmlysecured upon the toolbox. Thereby the box cannot be opened so as to havethe effect of burglar proof. However, the prior art structure has hooksprotruded from two sides of the toolbox. It will interfere thearrangement of the toolbox and makes an unbeautiful outlook. Moreoverthe use of the hooks are inconvenient. As a result the effect of burglareffect is reduced. As a whole, it is not practical and necessary to beimproved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide asafety switch of a toolbox, wherein a buckle is used to buckle the outercover and box body for burglar proof. As the toolbox is used firstly,the buckle can be cut from a neck portion. Thereby the toolbox can beused normally.

To achieve above objects, the present invention provides a safety switchof a toolbox which comprises a box body having a first positioningportion; an outer cover; a buckle having a first positioning unit and anresisting end at an upper side of the buckle; a gap being formed betweenthe outer cover and the box body when the outer cover is closed upon thebox body; the first positioning unit being capable of buckling the firstpositioning portion of the box body. When the outer cover is closed uponthe box body, the resisting end protruding out of the gap so as tobuckle the outer cover. The buckle has a slender neck portion. The outercover has a notch or the size of the outer cover is smaller than that ofthe box body so that the resisting end can protrude out from the notch.

The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be morereadily understood from the following detailed description when read inconjunction with the appended drawing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the safety switch of a toolboxof the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view about the safety switch of a toolbox of thepresent invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view of the safety switch of a toolbox ofthe present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial enlarged view about the notch of the presentinvention.

FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view along line C-D of FIG. 3.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are operation views along the line A-B of FIG. 3.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view about the safety switch of a toolbox of thepresent invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic view about the safety switch of a toolbox of thepresent invention.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross sectional view about the buckling sectionof the outer cover of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In order that those skilled in the art can further understand thepresent invention, a description will be described in the following indetails. However, these descriptions and the appended drawings are onlyused to cause those skilled in the art to understand the objects,features, and characteristics of the present invention, but not to beused to confine the scope and spirit of the present invention defined inthe appended claims.

Referring to FIG. 1, the safety switch of a box body of the presentinvention is illustrated. The safety switch of the present invention hasthe following elements.

A box body 1 has a receiving space 10 for receiving various hand tools 2(such as replaceable opener heads, knives, sockets, etc.). A firstpositioning portion 12 is formed at one lateral wall of the receivingspace 10 of the box body 1. A second positioning portion 13 is formed ata bottom of the receiving space 10. The receiving space 10 is installedwith a first buckling unit 111.

An openable outer cover 11 is included. The outer cover 11 may be atransparent structure. The outer cover 11 has a second buckle 111 forbuckling to the first buckling unit 111 of the box body 1. When theouter cover 11 closes, the hand tools 2 are sealed into the receivingspace 10 of the box body 1. Above mentioned structure is known in theprior art and the thus the details will not be further described. Anotch 112 is formed at one side of the outer cover 11.

The buckle 3 has a plate-like structure. An upper end of the buckle 3 isprotruded with a resisting end 31. An upper side of the resisting end 31is an inclined surface and a bottom thereof is a plane. The resistingend 31 is corresponding to the notch 112 of the tool body 1. Theresisting end 31 can protrude out of the notch 112 to buckle the outercover 11 so that the outer cover 11 cannot be opened. A lateral side ofthe resisting end 31 is protruded with a first positioning unit 32. Thefirst positioning unit 32 can insert into the first positioning portion12. A lower side of the resisting end 31 is formed with a secondpositioning unit 33. The second positioning unit 33 can insert into thesecond positioning portion 13 so as to firmly secure the outer cover 11to the tool body 1. In the present invention, the second positioningunit 33 and the second positioning portion 13 can be neglected. Theresisting end 31 has a slender neck portion.

When the first positioning unit 32 and second positioning unit 33 areinserted into the first positioning portion 12 and second positioningportion 13, the tool body 1 inserts into the notch 112 of the outercover 11 so as to buckle the outer cover 11, see FIG. 2.

In use of the present invention, referring to FIGS. 3 and 8, it isillustrated that the first positioning unit 32 and second positioningunit 33 are inserted into the first positioning portion 12 and secondpositioning portion 13. The tool body 1 inserts into the notch 112 ofthe outer cover 11 so as to buckle the outer cover 11. Thereby thepresent invention provides an effect of burglar-proof. An upper side ofthe resisting end 31 is formed as an inclined surface. Thereby it easilyprotrudes out of the notch 112 of the outer cover 11. When it is desiredto close the outer cover 11, see FIGS. 6, 7 (FIG. 6 is a cross sectionalview along line A-B of FIG. 3). A force is used to press the outer cover11 so that the resisting end 31 protrudes out of the notch 112. A bottomof the resisting end 31 is a plane. Thereby when the resisting end 31protrudes out of the notch 112, it can buckle the outer cover 11 firmly.

Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view along line C-D ofFIG. 3. The buckle 3 can buckle to the first positioning portion 12 ofthe receiving space 10 of the tool body 1. FIG. 8 shows that the outercover 11 is firmly secured to the tool body 1.

Referring to FIGS. 9 and 10, after the user buys the toolbox of thepresent invention, when the user desires to open the outer cover 11, apart of the resisting end 31 protrudes out of the notch 112 of the outercover 11 is cut from the neck portion. Then the outer cover 11 can beopened. Then the buckle 3 is taken down. Then the outer cover 11 can befixed to the box body 1 by buckling the first buckling unit 111 of thebox body 1 to the second buckling unit 111 of the outer cover 11. It isonly necessary to press the buckling unit 111 to make the first bucklingunit 111 separate from the second buckling unit 111 so that the outercover 11 separates from the box body 1. Thereby the too box of thepresent invention has the function of general toolbox.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the size of the outer cover11 is slightly smaller than an opening of the box body 1 so that a smallgap is formed therebetween. Thereby the resisting end 31 can protrudeout of the box body 1 from the gap. Thus, no notch 112 is necessary tobe formed on the outer cover 11. The resisting end 31 of the buckle 3can still buckle the outer cover 11.

The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that thesame may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regardedas a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, andall such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art areintended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

1. A safety switch of a toolbox comprising: a box body having a firstpositioning portion; an outer cover; a buckle having a first positioningunit and an resisting end at an upper side of the buckle; a gap beingformed between the outer cover and the box body when the outer cover isclosed upon the box body; the first positioning unit being capable ofbuckling the first positioning portion of the box body; when the outercover is closed upon the box body, the resisting end protruding out ofthe gap so as to buckle the outer cover.
 2. The safety switch of atoolbox as claimed in claim 1, wherein the buckle has a slender neckportion so that the resisting end can separate from the buckle bycutting the neck portion.
 3. The safety switch of a toolbox as claimedin claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the resisting end is an inclinedsurface.
 4. The safety switch of a toolbox as claimed in claim 1,wherein the outer cover has a notch so that the resisting end canprotrude out from the notch.
 5. The safety switch of a toolbox asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the buckle has a second positioning unit andthe box body has a second positioning portion; the second positioningunit is capable of buckling the second positioning portion.
 6. Thesafety switch of a toolbox as claimed in claim 1, wherein the firstpositioning unit is at a lateral side of the buckle and the secondpositioning portion is at a bottom side of the buckle.
 7. The safetyswitch of a toolbox as claimed in claim 1, wherein the size of the outercover is slightly smaller than that of an opening of the box body sothat a small gap is formed therebetween; and the resisting end canprotrude out of the box body from the gap.